Senator Carper, who has also been pushing for a national park in Delaware, had similar sentiments, saying that the three locations included in the First State National Monument have historic and economic value.

"One: we have a great story to tell and the world needs to hear and we want to tell it. Two: Top tourist destination for people from all over the world who come to America is national parks," Carper says.

It appears Biden is getting all the credit and certainly the spotlight though he calls Senator Carper's efforts on this front "relentless," since it's a battle he's been fervently fighting for years.

But Jennifer Epstein of Politico says that's just the way politics and the media work--the senior member always gets the credit.

"On gun control, if there were to be some big piece of legislation that the Congress were to pass, and the President were to sign into law, we would be talking about the President achieving that even though, of course, Vice President Biden has been very key behind the scenes," says Epstein.